论《程氏易传》中“才”之观念——程颐对易学中阴阳观念的创新

On the Conception of "Cai" in Yichuan Yizhuan——Cheng Yi's Innovation on Yin and Yang in the Yi

"才"是程颐在释《易》时所使用的独特概念。从根本上说,"才"来源于《易传》中的阴阳观念。但程颐在使用这一观念时摆脱了以非统一、即对立的关系来理解传统的阴阳,而是在一种更独立的意义上去使用阳或阴的观念——"才"。在《程氏易传》中,"才"象征着某种不屈于人生欲望的克己能力,同时它又是某种在政治生活中拯救时局的才能。可以说,"才"之观念反映了程颐易学的某些特色。

＂Cai＂ is a conception which is uniquely used by Cheng Yi when explaining the Yi. Basically, ＂Cai＂ comes from Yin and Yang in Yizhuan. However, Cheng Yi does not follow the traditional understanding：Yin and Yang as contradictory conceptions,but uses the conception of Yin or Yang in a more isolated way,that is ＂Cai＂. In Yichuan Yizhuan （ Yichuanh Commentary on Yizhuan）, ＂Cai＂represents some kind of capacity to overcome one＇s material desire; moreover, it is also a capacity to avoid the social predicament in one＇s political life. We can believe that ＂Cai＂ reflects some features of Cheng Yi＇s Yi-ology.